Waec Model Questions Vol1 2022 Agricultural Science Question 27
Practice objective / multiple choice question 27 from the 2022 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
A farmer practices a 3‑year crop rotation of maize - soybean - maize on a 1 ha field. The target plant populations are 60 000 plants ha⁻¹ for maize and 25 000 plants ha⁻¹ for soybean. Seed weights are 0.28 g per maize seed and 0.35 g per soybean seed. Germination rates are 80 % for maize and 90 % for soybean. No fertilizer is applied. Determine the total amount of seed (in kilograms) the farmer must purchase for the whole rotation, assuming the farmer wants to compensate for the expected seed losses due to germination failure.
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This is Waec Model Questions Vol1 2022 Agricultural Science Question 27. It is one of the objective questions from the 2022 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
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